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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-23

Choicest Northern spring. 2 5000
Fair years spring. seedy, y b............-.l2e113
Poor years spring, seedy and bury p b. .u9l2
o egon-
Eastern, choice.
90,
DO poor, neayy
We quote falls
Mountain, free, 2 b..................... .10912
Sacramento Valley, defective..--.....-- 6@12
San joaquin. 7910
Southern Coast, bury and seedy........-. SOLO
HIDES AND 5KINs-Quotable as follows:
Heavy Steers, IS ms up, q D.. -@s1zc &C O.
Cows and Steers. 4S to So bs...- -@7M G.
Light Az 10 AS Ds.........-............. -1112 O.
klps, IL TO . fos..............-......-.fLeS O.
Veal Skins, II TO l6 fbs............-7H9S O.
Calf Skins. to 10 hs............-512GS O.
Dairy Calf, 25c to 40c each; Dry Hides, usual
selections, -@1S1ac; Dry Kips, do, -@1S1ac q
b; Calf Skins, do, -@15c; Gull Hides, Kip and
Calf -@10c = IL: Pelts. shearling, 10c to
TO 25c each: do short, So@50c each; do. medium.
50d75c each; do long WOOL e0ct9Sl 25 each; Deer
skins, summer, 27114q2Sc. do, fall and medium,
-@26c q b.
FRESH MEATS : Following are the rates
COR whole carcasses from slaughterers to
dealers: Beef-First quality, 6ta61Sc; sec
ond quality, SIC; third quality, i18@5c q Ii.
Veal-Large, 5@6c; small. 7@Sc 2 Do. Mutton
Quotable at 51z@6Isc y y. Handspring, 1880
p b. Pork-Ilvs fOgs on foot grain fed,
4G41sc: stock, 21ad:c; dressed Hogs, 61a@7c
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UNDERTAKES.
FRITZ & MILLER,
u ~ Z, Y H TT "a zEE

OFFICE IN ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE
" Ninth and L streets Complete stock OF
Undertakers Goods constantly on hand. City
and country orders promptly attended to, day OF
night. at rees unable rates. Telephone 1S6. IN
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You Need

The most effective medicine, for ihe cure
of any serious ailment. If you are SUI
fering from Scrofula, General Debility,
Stomach, Liver, or Kidney diseases, try
Ayers Sarsaparilla the safest, best, and
most economical blood purifier in use.
For many years | was troubled with
a Liver and Kidney complaint. Hearing
Ayers Sarsaparlla very highly recon-
mended, decided TO try it, and have done
so with the most satisfactory results. l
am convinced that Ayers Sarsaparilla is
The Best Remedy
ever compounded. for diseases caused by
impure blood. Edward W. Richardson,
Milwaukee, Wis.
I have found Ayers Sarsaparila more
effectual remedy, in the ulcerous forms of
Scrofua. than any other we possess. =
james Lull, NJ. D., Potsdam, y. Y.
I have taken, within the past year, sew
eral bottles of Ayers Sarsaparilia, and
find it admirably adapted to the needs of
an impoverished system. As blood
purifier. and as tonic, l am convinced
that this wonderful preparation has no
equal. = Charles G. Dame, Pastor Congre-
gational Church, Andover, Me.
Ayers Sars aparilIa,
Prepared by Dr.J. C. Aver s. Co., Lowell. Mass.
Sold by all Druggists. Price $li six bottles, "a
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EASTERN AND FOREIGN MARKETS

NEW YORK September 22d.
wHEAT-l2 M.-S1L4@Sl1z for cash. $40
1896 for october, s11saS12sc for November. and
2540S234c for December.
SUGAR Cuba Centrifugal SIC.
CHICAGO, September 22d
WHEAT-l2 M.-69c for cash, 6elsc for Sep
TENDER; 695sG691ac for October, 1910 for No.
vember and 72ssc for December.
CORN-i11sc for October.
LARD-s6 231a for October,
RIBS-SS 221% Ter October
GHOpT PJRS- n n
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ID IR CToR
AND SURGEONS,
OFFICE HOURS.

10 to II A. NJ, 2 to 4, $50 TO 7:S0 P. N
10 TO u A. NJ, 2 to 4. 7toS P. NJ.
1880 A N. to II NJ, l to 2, 7 to s P. N
$50 to II A. NJ, to 4P. M........
1880 A. M to l, 2 to 4, 2 toSP. M.
9 TO II A. d., to 3 P. N................
8 to 9 A. NJ, / to 8, 7 toSP. M........
l N. to 8 P. M, 7 to SP. M.........-.
9 to II A. NJ, ? to 4, 7 to SP. M.
10 to II A. NJ, 2to4, 6:30t 7:30 p. M
9 to II A. NJ, ] to 3, z to 8 P. NJ.
9 to II A. NJ, 2'eo 10 4:30, 7toSP.M
9 to 10 A. NJ, 2 to 4, 7 10 s P. NJ.
IL A. NJ. to Il NJ, 4 to 5, 2 to SP. NJ
9 TO II A. NJ, 2 to 4 P. M................
II NJ. to l, 2 to 4, $50 to s P. No..
9 A. NJ. to u M, 2 to 4, 7 TO s P. NJ.
800.
No afternoon hours Sundays.
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HAY FEVER cATARRH

Is an inJl1med co1tdi
ton Of the lining mem.
krune Of the n0strits
tedr-ditcts and throat
An Gcrid D,,Lcus is Sc
reted, accompanied
s1ith q burning sensa
ton, seuerc Spdrrrs O.
@cc=ia9, frequent at
&1ci;S Of headache, tDa
terry and i1yaamed eyes
Cream Balm, can b
depended upon TO Cir
reiefG once aud cures
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JUST OPENED.
SUN WING g. CO..

JAPANESE AND CHINESE BAZAAR, S02
81 street. between Eighth and Ninth, Sacra-
mento. All the Latest Novelties in japanese
and Chinese Goods, Crockery, etc. Give US
call If
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a. LOTTHAMMER'S

Plano 1921 Ninth street
(Odd Fellows Temple).
II HAVE RECEIVED THE AGENCY FOR THE
4 celebrated Steinway & Sons pianos, and
will keep large stock of Grand, Square and
Upright instruments always on hand l have
also the agency for the Ernest Gabler & Bro
Kranich q Bach, Carl Roeuisch and C. d. Pease
& Co.'S Pianos. Also. Wilcox & Whites Organs.
A complete assortment always in stock. Being
that only the best instruments will be selected.
The public are invited to call. Tuning and Re-
pairing Of Pianos and Organs specially. 4ptt
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w. J. KAVANAUGH.
u NJ ID T. n IT a TX T. IA
No. 513 j St., bet. Fifth and Sixth.

A LWAYS ON HAND LARGE ASSORT-
n ment of Metallic and Wooden Caskets,
burial Cases, Cotins and Shrouds furnished,
Coffin orders will receive prompt attention on
short notice, and at the lowest rates. Office
open day and night. 4p-tf
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RESIDENCE TELEPHONE

: ~ y ......ss...-. ..s...........--ss
NE cor I'd c. X ..................
1904 I............ 81 and 29e
1904 I............ 81
Sth and J...... ............-2S7
1905 II. ............ ..............-..,
Mtrop'n bldg ..................
.I515 18th ST.. l3, Gland los
1913 K.............I ...........,......
I712h J...-...... 159..
I1027 G............ ..................
1880 I............. 81 and 16s
n and 10th. -. 81 and l2s
in and 10TH. 81 and LIS
1913 M............. ..................
I617 N.............. ..................
l521 J............. ..................
iCo. Hospital. IS f5l
tNo evening hours.
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J. FRANK CLARK,
COUNTY CORONER & UNDERTAKEN

A LWAYs ON HAND THE MOST COMPLETE
"A Stock of UNDERTAKING GOODS on the
coast. Country orders, day or night, will re
ceive prompt attention. TELEPHoNE NUMBER,
1874. GEO. h. CLARK, Funeral Director
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LIVERPOOL, September 22d
WHEAT-Firmly held. California spot lots, IS
915d to 6s I'd; cargoes off coast, sos cd; just
shipped Sos Cd; nearly due, sos Cd; cargoes off
coast, quiet Russian firm and American quiet;
French country markets seem to improve;
Wheat and Flour in Paris, turn dearer.
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GG9N S q "a n 0ce ES Hours:
FlNkHAM CAAs T. W E. Ohee
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NAME.
OFFICE.


ANo evening hours Sundays.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
Excavations in Rome.

The Roman arch@ologist, Prof. Ru-
dolfo, has had for the past sixteen
years the absolute control of Roman
excavations. Speaking of his work in
conversation, he said: 1.-THE excava-
tons in Rome are now being conducted
by the rational government, the NUM-
cipal government and private citizens.
Hundreds of statues and busts we have
found, some of marble, Others of costly
bronze, many in perfect preservation.
The Government has spent within the
last twelve years not far from 81 ,OOO,-
900, but it has been remarkable bust
ness investment, for the value of our
finds is placed at $4,00O,0OO. So rap
idly is the work going on that we are
almost unable to store properly from
day to day the results of excavation. :"
A. Y. Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
RETRiOSPECTION.

Very winsome was the summer, with its bios
SONS and its flowers,
And dewy dawns are tinted with the wondroui
clouds of pearl:
With its zephyrs softly whispering and its merry,
patti ring showers,
When, in spite of weary effort, my front haii
would never curl.
Very gladstone was the sunshine as II floodeo
all with brightness,
And won the timid opening heart of every
fragrant rose;
Very warm its loving kisses on my fair cheeks
dainty Wilderness
And, oh, the gath'ring freckes how they lin.
gered on my nosel
Very tender at the wicket in the evening was
our meeting,
When all the world lay glowing meath the sun.
sets fading blush,
Very fond and very loving, OH, my darling, was
our greeting
Mosquitoes all about u.s. singing softly through
the hush
Very sweet the misty twilight, shrouding all the
silent meadows
AS DER the river sighed the breeze in sad and
solemn thrills;
Weird and strange the Pickering moonbeams
and the ghostly, frightening shadows
How our souls did yearn within us for box oil
quinine pills
-BrO0klyn EdQLe.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
MOORISH PALACES.
An Elegant Group of Oriental Buildings In
q Florida Town.

Florida Town.
There came to st. Augustine, Fla, q
few years ago, after years spent in for.
eigi countries, slender, mild-man-
nered, gray-haired man, whose talent
found there the material and proper
surroundings for its exercise, From
sketches of the most elaborate details
of the Alhambra and other Moorish
palaces in Spain, Tangiers and Algiers,
he erected residence that is emphat-
ically work of refined Oriental art
The material used is beautiful con-
crete, of light gray color, durable as
granite, made from beach sand and
small shells and cement. These in
gradients were mixed with water in a
mass, carried in hods and poured into
the matrix of the raising walls. Above
the entrance is the Arabic inscription:
eva la ghalib il-Allah' There is no
conqueror but God" Villa Zorayda is
the name of this unique creation, and
SO graceful, airy and elegant is it that
i has been called the most beautiful
residence in America. Other buildings
in the same style are in progress;
but they do not seem like innovations,
80 we'll do they harmonic with the
mellow tone of that style of Spanish
buildings, its narrow streets and its
generally quaint appearance. Most
notable of these new creations is a YER
liable Spanish palace, which its owner
IL AH,s g., A+nl al -
nearing completion. 1t is to be in
three parts, one the Ponce de Leon,
separated from the Alcazar and the Casa
Monica by the elegant promenade
Alameda. The Ponce de Leon is the
main building, measuring $50 by AGO
feet, with sleeping accommodations for
900 guests and spacious .dining-h0l
chat will accommodate 700 The archi-
lecture is purely Moorish from the tail
towers and over-hanging tile roof to
the court and arcades. The interior is
rich with terra-cota ornaments, inches,
figures, shields, caps and balustrades,
while in the center u $50 feet square is
completely enclosed by an arcade of
ornate-columned arches stretching from
wing to wing. The facade of the
Alcazar directly opposite will be repro
duced from the Alcazar of Seville and
will be occupied chiefly with bazaars,
restaurants, reading and billiard rooms,
etc, with sleeping apartments above
for use in case of an overflow from the
Ponce de Leon, next door; on the
Alameda will be the Casa Monica-the
house-mother of the st. Augustine, also
elegant in its Moorish design. This
entire group of buildings will be I'M
equaled in any country as a successful
imitation of foreign architectural
style.-Cor. Boston Transcript.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
PERSONAL AND iMPeRsoNA,

Mrs. Mary Peasants, colored .,
San Francisco. is worth $3.50, 900.
General Nelson A. Miles, the Tn.
dian fighter, is said to be the hand
soonest officer in the United States
army.
The list of New York society
people who now write for the press or
the magazines foots up to thirty-two.-
N. Y. Mail
Senior Terry, probably the richest
man in Cuba, who died recently. leav.
ing $50, 900, 900, began his business life
as peddler, became rich, married a
wealthy lady and kept on adding to his
fortune.
Such a crowd of unlimited guests
rushed into the cathedral at New Or
leans to witness a marriage that the
priest ordered the lights extinguished
and performed the ceremony at the
brides Iesidence.-N. o. Picayune.
"A year ago Thomas Cruise, an old
mining millionaire at Montana, who
had lived bachelor, married Miss
Galen, a poor dressmaker, giving he's
wedding present of $250,000. Re-
Gently he died at Helena CHICAGO
| Herald.
The mother of Rev. DR.. F. S. Nor
ton, once of the Albany On. W Cathe-
dral, and now rector of st. Stephens
Church, Lynn, Mass, has recently died,
leaving her son a large fortune-making
him, indeed; one of the wealthiest cler-
gymen in America. albany Journal.
OF President Arthur's Cabinet FIRE.
linghuysen and Folger are dead. Hat
ton is editing the Chicago Mail Lin
coin is practicing law in Chicago.
Gresham is on the bench. Brewster is
taking care of a large law practice in
Philadelphia. Tellef is in the United
States Senate.
The citizens Of Centreville, N. Y,
say that there can be no doubt that Jane
Colhoun, of that place, is one hundred
and six years old. She was born, mar
ried and has lived all her days in the
district, and her age has been verified
beyond question. She frequently walks
to Highland, four miles distant. -Buf-
falo Express.
Miss Adele Palma is the coming
star, if theaters can be found where
she may cast her light. She is said to
be of Roumanian birth, but sis as en-
tirely American in the perfect COM
mand of our language as if she were a
native-born Knickerbocker." She is
but twenty-five years of age, so he
may yet master English. "-Boston
Budget.
Colonel Michael Sheridan says that
the report that General Sheridan has
purchased a hundred and sixty acres of
land ia Perry County, Ohio, is untrue.
81 Only wish it were true" he ex-
claimed. ut would please lis all if the
General had money enough to invest in
real estate of any sort. The truth of
the matter is that the General received
eighty acres of land, located in Perry
County, as an inheritance. y Clcrcldnd
Leader.
Colonel Fred Grant says: at was
at the special request Of my father that
Logan was gazetted Brigadier-Ge
eral. There has been good deal OF
talk about Logan's educational defici-
encies. Logan was good Latin
scholar, and spoke Spanish as well as
he did English. In conversation he
had a great fund of anecdote, but never
told one that might not have been told
to women. ~ 7. Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
THE LONGEST TUNNEL.
Completion of an Engineering Work That
Was Begun in 1889.

was io%s
An engineering work that has taken
over n century to construct can hardly
fail to offer some points of interest in
its history, and illustrate the march of
events during the years of its progress,
An instance of this kind is to be found
in tunnel not long since completed,
but which was commenced over 100
years ago. This tunnel, or adit, as it
should be more strictly termed, is at
Schemnitz, in Hungary. Its construc-
ton was agreed upon in 1882, the
object being to carry off the water
from the Schemnitz mines to the lowest
part of the Gran Valley.
The work is now complete, and it
forms the longest tunnel in the world,
being 1927 miles long, or about one
mile longer than St. Gothard, and two
md one-half miles longer than Mont
Gents. The heighth is 8 feet 10 inches
md the breadth 5 feet inches. This
tunnel, which has taken so long in
making, has cost nearly a million ster-
ing, but the money appears to have
been well spent at least the present
generation has no reason to grumble,
for the saving for being able to do away
with water-raising appliances amounts
to f15, 900 year.
There is one further point, however,
worth notice, for if we have the advan-
tage of our great-grandfathers in the
matter of mechanical appliances, they
certainly were better off in the price of
labor. The original contract for the
unnel, made in 1892, was that it should
be completed in thirty years and should
cost f7 per yard run. For eleven years
the work was done at this price, but
he French revolution enhanced the
lost of labor and materials to such an ex.
tent that for thirty years little progress
was made. For ten years following
much progress was made, and then the
work dropped for twenty years more,
until the water threatened to drown the
mines out altogether. Finally the
tunnel was completed in 1873, the re-
naming part costing f22 a yard, or
more than three times us much as the
original contract rate. Engineering.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10

"You seemed so anxious last night
to come that 1 hoped you would thor
oughly enjoy yourself"
II anxious to Gomez Have you lost
your sensesp What on earth could
bring a sane man on such an excursion
as this, except a desire to please his
wife! Don't make deliberate misstate-
ments, Mrs. Bowser!"
We finally found shady place and
sat down to luncheon. l had scarcely
arranged the provisions when Mr..
Bowser glanced over them and ex-
claimed:
Boiled eggs and cold corned beef!
Is that some of your workP"
"Why, you had them on your list. "
"Never! l haven't eaten of either
in a whole year, and you know it!
You deliberately planned to disgust
mer'
Here is the list, Mr.. Bowser, and
you can see for YOURSELF"
Him! They are down there, but
you know l dashed it off in hurry,
Such a dinner to bring on an excur-
sionr'
He ate heartily, however, and was
greatly enjoying his cigar when a mos
quito stung him on the back of the
neck, and as he scrambled up he got
some ashes in his eyes.
II knew it-knew just how this in
fernal thing would terninate!" he
howled, as he danced around.
Cant l help youP"
"Help Halifax! You saw that mos
quito and never said word!'
"Mr Bowser, ="
"Don't Mr.. Bowser me! / believe
you also threw pepper in my eyes! You
were determined from the very outset
to spoil this day for me! Well go
aboard the boat"
We went down and sat for two hours
and half in the heat, Mr.. Bowser
blowing me up regular every ten min
ates, and the boat finally started for
home. Some of the machinery broke
down after awhile, OBTAINING us for an
hour, and Mr.. Bowler laid it to me.
We came very near having a collision,
and he put it on my shoulders. We
didn't get home until an hour after
midnight, and he made me walk thir-
teen blocks as reward. When we
finally entered our door Mr.. Bowser
gave the lunch basket terrible kick,
flung his hat across the room and turned
on me with:
"Mrs. Bowser, don't never dare make
a fool of me again!"
"But who first proposed going?"
"Who did9 Will you stand there and
ask me such question as that?"
eff you hadn't read the notice
shouldn't have known any thing about
it, and if you hadn't urged me to go
should certainly have remained at home
warned you at the start that we should
be disguised with the trip"
He regarded me for moment will
looks of pity and contempt and then re
marked:
Il was warned before our marriag,
that insanity ran in your family, and
have no one to blame but myself. Poo
wife-poor Mrs. Bowser! -Detroit FIRE.
Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

If you live in the same house with
a parrot you will soon learn why polly
wants a crack or two-with q club.
Try it.-LOWeH Citizen.
-Teuton (who has blown out the gas)
-"Py chiminy, dot limpurger schmells
goot. Dey must be some fellers round
here hef1in late lunch. lid Bits.
His Fear was Realized
Said George: ION my mind there's weight;
1t is really getting quite leight,
And fear that your pa"
He got only thus far,
For he landed outside Of the geight
Life.
-Photographer-Wear a pleased ex-
preston, if you can; just imagine that
the object of your affections has given
you sealskin sacque. Lady with a
sigh)-He has given me a sack, butit's
not sealskin.-Teras SDtings.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
UGLY Mr.. BOWSER.
His Patient Wife Relates How He Abused
Her at Basket Picnic.

"We'll go!' suddenly exclaimed Mr.
Bowser one evening last summer as he
sat reading his paper.
$50 whereP"
"On this basket picnic to an island
up the river"
"But we went on one last summer
and you vowed never to be caught on
such tip again"
/ 81 did, ehP"
Don't you remember that you called
all the people hogs, scolded about the
heat and got mad at me because got a
sy in my eyeP"
Nothing of the sort, Mrs. Bowser.
| came home greatly refreshed, and
why we didn't go again is puzzler to
me. i want you to be ready to start at
nine O'Clock in the morning."
I'm afraid you won't enjoy your
self"
Oh! you are! Thank you, Mrs. Bow
ser, but if l don't it won't be your
fault. I'll make out a list of the eat
ables to be taken along, and they'd
better be put up tonight"
l was really delighted to go, and
while Mr.. Bowser smoked his cigar and
rested his feet on the back of chair,
cook and hustled around and got the
lunch ready. We were up betimes in
the morning, but although we reached
the boat half an hour ahead of her time
we found great crowd on board. We
pushed and pulled and squeezed our
selves along until we finally found
couple of camp stools which were suf-
fering with spinal complaint and
threatening to give out at any moment.
Didn't / tell you how it would bep"
growled Bowser, as we got sandwiched
in at last and felt the temperature go
mp to one hundred
"Yes, I expected there'd be crowd"
"Of course you did, and yet you in
sisted on dragging me along' Mrs.
Bowser, this is simply abominableH
We had it little better after every
body got settled and the boat started,
but it wasn't half an hour before Mr..
Bowser MORALLY offended fat woman
who shut off his view; called a church
deacon liar for saying that it was a
pleasant day; put his foot into some
body's lunch basket, and looked so
fierce at year old baby that its mother
thought it was case of sunstroke.
II wish we hadn t have come" !
finally venturcd to abserve.
Eyes, suppose so! You probably
begrudge me the little comfort I'm
taking. That's the way with some
womenr'
"But you are not taking bit of
comfort"
"Ain't l! Mrs. Bowser. if you will
pay more attention to keeping your No.
feet out of sight and less to watching
me, you'll get along great deal bet
teri"
We didn't speak again until we got
off at the island. Then Mr.. Bowser
looked around at the scenery, turned
up his nose, and observed:
"Nice place this is for picnic! l
can smell chills and fever in the air,
and here's laundering big mosquito
on my hand!'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-10
The Vera Cruz railway, says the

The Vera Cruz railway, says the
Merican emancier, began using steel
ties in 1884, and now has some 10000
in use. Forty thousand have been
ordered from England, where they
cost S1.25 in gold each, and chartering
its own vessels the Vera Cruz Com
pany can lay them down at a cost not
to exceed 81, Mexican silver. The
wooden ties, displaced, cost from nine
ty cents to $l.62 in silver. The life of
the steel tie it is believed will be from
thirty to fifty years. In India steel is
being used in place of teak, one of the
best woods.